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Queechy by S. Warner

£15.00

Product description

Frederick Warne, London, 1887. hardbackBook Condition: Good. No dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.Ornate gilt title block and gold decoration and star motif to spine, gilt title and author's name ( as S. Warner ) headed Warnes Star Series with blind embossed classical motif of charioteer and decoration to front on red cloth boards and blind embossed number 10 to back. Front board is faded and dirty not bright with slight wear to top corner tip, spine is faded with gilt and decoration dull and has some wear to head and tail, back board has some fading along spine side with a small dent to edge. A few small removals to a few pages not affecting text and age/dust marked closed edges else clean.Overall a Good + copy. Number 10 in the star series by Warne and is undated but The British Library cites this as 1887. The title page states "By the author of The Wide Wide World, Daisy etc" which were also published by the American author, Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885), under her pseudonym of Elizabeth Wetherell. This novel is her second work first published in 1852 and was very popular in America and England and follows a similar theme as Wide Wide World of a young girl's development from childhood to marriage finding her religion as her strength in life. As such it is semi autobiographical as it mirrors the author's life.

Item details

Author(s):

Warner, Susan Bogert

Condition:

Used: good

Dimensions:

5" x 7"

Format:

Hardback

Number of pages:

668

Publisher:

Frederick Warne & Co. London

Title:

Queechy by S. Warner

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About this item

Frederick Warne, London, 1887. hardbackBook Condition: Good. No dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.Ornate gilt title block and gold decoration and star motif to spine, gilt title and author's name ( as S. Warner ) headed Warnes Star Series with blind embossed classical motif of charioteer and decoration to front on red cloth boards and blind embossed number 10 to back. Front board is faded and dirty not bright with slight wear to top corner tip, spine is faded with gilt and decoration dull and has some wear to head and tail, back board has some fading along spine side with a small dent to edge. A few small removals to a few pages not affecting text and age/dust marked closed edges else clean.Overall a Good + copy. Number 10 in the star series by Warne and is undated but The British Library cites this as 1887. The title page states "By the author of The Wide Wide World, Daisy etc" which were also published by the American author, Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885), under her pseudonym of Elizabeth Wetherell. This novel is her second work first published in 1852 and was very popular in America and England and follows a similar theme as Wide Wide World of a young girl's development from childhood to marriage finding her religion as her strength in life. As such it is semi autobiographical as it mirrors the author's life.

Author(s):

Warner, Susan Bogert

Condition:

Used: good

Dimensions:

5" x 7"

Format:

Hardback

Number of pages:

668

Publisher:

Frederick Warne & Co. London

Title:

Queechy by S. Warner

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